Betrayal At The Altar By Dolores Delia
Chapter 26
Rachel was so frightened that her face turned pale. She closed her eyes and subconsciously hugged
the potted plant in her arms.
In the blink of an eye, a strong arm wrapped around her waist, and she was pulled into a tight embrace.
Everything happened so suddenly that Rachel could not react in time.
The pain that she was expecting from the fall never came. She wondered to herself, “What is
happening?”
When Rachel slowly opened her eyes, she saw David in close proximity. It turned out that he had
caught her just in time to break her fall.
The man’s jawline was extremely sharp, and his protruding Adam’s apple looked vaguely sexy. He had
a long and slender neck. One could feel an elegant aura emitting from him. He was a very attractive
man indeed.
Their bodies fit together perfectly. Rachel was instantly enveloped by the man’s large frame, leaving
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Their gazes met without warning. Rachel could see her own reflection in the man’s eyes, and it was so
intoxicating.
Her heart skipped a beat. Then, it started pounding. Soon, a tinge of pink appeared on her fair cheeks.
“Have you always been so clumsy?” David’s deep and mesmerizing voice rang in her ears. It was as if
the man was teasing her.
His warm breath fanned across Rachel’s face. It instantly felt like an electric current passing through
her body, making her skin tingle and causing her to tense up involuntarily.
At this time, Rachel noticed that David’s arms around her had loosened. She hastily pulled away and
retorted in a low voice, “It’s not that I’m clumsy. It’s just that the path was too slippery…”
David caught a glimpse of the blush on her face. He suddenly thought about teasing her. With a low
laugh, he said, “If we go with your logic, the cobblestones on this path should be removed.”
Rachel pursed her lips and did not speak.
She squatted down and carefully picked up the moth orchid plants from
the broken flowerpot. She then gently wiped off the dirt on the roots with her fingertips. Smiling
subconsciously, she said, “I’m glad the roots of the orchids are not damaged. Otherwise, it would be
terrible.”
David squatted down and looked at Rachel quietly. There was a tenderness in his gaze that had never
been seen before.
But when his gaze shifted to Rachel’s slender hands, he frowned and grabbed them.
Rachel was startled by his actions. She followed his gaze and realized there was a small cut on her
wrist.
She must have accidentally injured herself earlier when she dropped the flowerpot. It was just a light
scratch and not a big deal at all.
“I’m fine,” Rachel said and wiped her wound with her shirt without thinking too much.
But David picked up Rachel without a word and walked toward the living room with large strides.
“The orchids!” Rachel exclaimed in shock as her arms instinctively wrapped around the man’s neck. At
the same time, her forehead brushed against his lips inadvertently.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmDavid’s body stiffened, but his pace did not slow down.
He entered the living room and placed Rachel on the couch. Then, he quickly found the first–aid kit and
soaked some cotton balls in an antiseptic solution.
“Let me do it.” Truthfully, Rachel was not bothered by her injury. If David had not brought it to her
attention, she would have left the wound to scab on its own. It simply was not something to be
concerned about.
However, by kicking up a big fuss over nothing, it revealed just how worried David was about her. This
touched Rachel deeply, and she was unable to reject his attention.
David turned a deaf ear to Rachel’s words. Holding the tweezers, he squatted before her and said,
“This might sting a little. Bear with it.” Then, he dabbed at her wound gently with a cotton ball that had
been soaked in antiseptic.
After cleaning up the mess outside, Rosie rushed into the house. Eddie, who had just arrived, was right
behind her.
Eddie saw David kneeling on one knee and carefully disinfecting the wound on Rachel’s hand.
It was at that moment that Eddie realized just how special Rachel was to David. He thought to himself,
“I don’t think there is anyone else like her in this world.”
He had never seen David kneel for anyone in his life.